Automobile-wheel cuff.



I. H. COOK & F- T. REID.

AUTOMOB\LE WHEEL CUFF.

APPLICATIQPL mu) NOV. 29. 1915.

1,204,847. Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

A TTORNE i cured together.

. UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.-

J'OHN H. COOK' AND FRANK T. REID, OF KANSAS CITY. MIE SOU RI. i

To all whom it may cont-w Be itknown that we. .loux ll. (amt and FRANK T. lisin. citizens ot' the lu'i'tcd States. residing at Kansas Citvl in the countv'ot Jackson and State of Missouri. have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Automobile-ll hcel Cufl's. of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates toa new and useful device adapted to be applied to one or more. wheels of an automobile to prevent theft of either the machine or'its'tires.

A still further object is to provide a device extremely simple in construction, .inex pensive to manufacture. and one which will. he vet efiicicnt in operation.

With these and other objects in view, our invention consists in novel F atures of con s-truction. COl'llhllltltlOll and arrangement- (if parts as will behereinaftcr referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanji'ing drawingz Figure l is a broken, side elevation of an automobile wheel with our device applied thereto. Fig. '2 is a combination front elevation and vertical section on line 11-41 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts disclosed by 1. Fig. -i is a broken section of two parts of the device.

Referring now to the different parts. A

designates the spokes. B a felly, C the rim,

and D the tire of an automobile wheel.

In constructing our invention, we employ a member 1, consisting of a wide curved port-ion 2 and a tapered straight portion 3. The wide portion 2 snugly fits the cross sectional curvature 0t the tire D, while the straight portion 3 extends close to the side of the rim C.

4 designates a latch consisting of a wide portion 5 and a tapered portion 6, which 15 bent at right angles to pass beneath the fellv B and enter a recess 7 in the reducedterininal of the member 1. The wide portions of the member 1 and the latch 4 are connected by a hinge 8, while the free ends of the members 1 and l'have slots 1 and re s ectivel v, to receive the hasp of a p-mitlock 1, whereby said free ends are r liably se- On referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the member 1 and the latch 4, when applied to a wheel snugly lit the cross sectional curvature of the tire D and come so close to the sides of the rim. (land the underside of the telly B, as to prevent lateral displacemen of the device. As a f. AUTOMOBILE-WHEEL CUFF.

. Specification of Lettrs Patent.

llltllbtffllle device. we fprovi.(le; tli with :1 lug 9 which extends into close rela' tion with the underside of the rim C and the adjacent side of the felly B. Lugs 1 and 4: are also formed on the member 1 and the latch l. rcspectivelu-to lie close to the sides of the tire I) to prevent the device from turning on the tire.

The upper enlarged portion '2 ofthe member 1, has a socket 11 to receive the base 12 of an elongated loop 13, firmlysecured in said socket 11 by two screws 14, which extend through the member 1 and into the lower portion of the loop 13. \Vhen the device is applied to a wheel the screws are con- ..cealed, hence access cannot be had thereto for the purpose of removing the loop 13. The loop 13 in addition to acting as a handle for the device when removed from the,wheel, is of such proportions as to project considerablvbeyond the tread of the wheel when applied thereto, so as to constitute a choc]: to prevent rotation of the wheel. However, should the automobile be sutlicientl v high powered to cause the wheel to climb upon the loop 13. the elongated surface 15 thereof will skid along the surface of the pavement and prevent the wheel from rotating. In the event. however. that the wheel should r0- tate. its motion will be so irregular as to attract attenti on to the car before a thief can escape therewith. In addition to preventing the automobile from being stolen, it also acts as a lock for the tire or tires around which itis placed,.so that they cannot be removed from the rims of the wheels.

The device is made so substantial that it; cannot be broken with a hammer without attracting the attention of persons passing by.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that we have produced a simple and inexpensive device which is well adapted to the purpose intended. and while We have shown and described the preferred form of our device, we reserve the right to make such changes in the construction, combination and proportion of parts as properly fall within the spirit. and scope of the claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Lettcrs Patent, is:

A. device of the character described, consisting: of two members having Wide portions imd tapered portions and one of which is bent to abut the other member, a pintle.

" Application filed November 29. 1915. SerlalNo.63,994., l j I i operably connecting said members so that they may be placed around the tire and the felly of a wheel a socket in one menBbPm, a loop provided with a base adapted to it into said socket, means accessible only from the side of the member adapted to be placed next to the tire for removably-seeuringsaid base in the socket, lugs on the pintle-oonneoted members to prevent the device from 10 being rotated on the tire and the felly, and a lock 0 secure the abutting portions of said pintleconnected members.

In testimony whereof We aifix our signatures, in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN H. COOK. FRANK T. REID.

Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, L. J. FISCHER. 

